The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tema West Constituency in the Greater Accra Region,Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, has underlined the commitment, dedication and determination of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to work harder for victory in the …
The Chairperson of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Nana Frimpomaa Sarpong- Kumakumah, has admonished the youth and women in the country to avail themselves and take part in internal and national elections.
“I admonish the youth and…
An Economist with the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS), Professor Godfred Bokpin, has stated that more integrity and honesty is needed in society to shun corruption to enable the country to envision not only for self-rule but tot…
Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia is asking Members of Parliament to put aside their political differences and work towards the country’s development.
Dr. Bawumia believes the acrimony and scuffles seen in Parliament recently are as …
A former Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Emile Short, has bemoaned the laws that criminalise petty offences describing them as vague, arbitrary, and highly dependent on police disc…
The Minority in Parliament has reacted to the Supreme Court's ruling that says a Deputy Speaker presiding over proceedings in Parliament has the right to vote on matters and also be counted as part of the quorum for decision making in Parl…
The Supreme Court has dismissed an application by the NDC MP for Assin North, Mr James Gyakye Quayson, which was seeking to halt his appeal at the Court of Appeal in which he is challenging his nullification as a legislator by the High Cou…
The Supreme Court has ruled that a Deputy Speaker presiding over proceedings in Parliament has the right to vote on matters and also be counted as part of the quorum for decision making in Parliament.
In a unanimous decision today, a se…
Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska has issued an impassioned statement on the Russian invasion, condemning the "mass murder" of the country's civilians.
She focused on child casualties, mentioning the names of three childre…
A leading Sudanese politician, Babiker Faisal, has been detained - the latest in a series of arrests since October's overthrow of a power-sharing administration.
Mr Faisal, a member of the civilian coalition Forces of Freedom and Change…
Tanzanian opposition leader Freeman Mbowe has welcomed President Samia Suluhu's overtures to him days after state prosecutors dropped terrorism charges against him and several other people.
"When the court freed us, I received an invita…
Australian PM Scott Morrison says he will declare a national emergency over flooding in two states.
The disaster in New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland has killed 20 people and inundated thousands of homes in the past two w…
In the southern Ukrainian city of Melitopol on Monday, the mayor Ivan Federov sat down at his desk to send out his daily Facebook update.
He told his followers that the Russians forces occupying the city had now taken contro…
The commander called himself Johnny Dragan, and he smoked each cigarette as fiercely as if it was going to be his last.
Dragan was strengthening a blocking position at a strategic crossroads north-west of Kyiv. If the Russi…
A Shama Constituency Communication Member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Isaac Baidoo, has denied claims that a number of aspirants were denied the opportunity to contest in the just ended polling station election in the…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed preliminary objections to its ordered substituted service of the processes and notice of hearing in the case challenging the continuous stay in office of James Gyakye Quayson as Assin …
Mozambique on Monday recorded its first day of zero Covid-19 infections since the outbreak of the disease in the country in March 2020.
It also recorded zero Covid deaths and zero hospitalisation in 24 hours throughout the country.
T…
The World Bank has approved $723m (£551m) in loans and grants for Ukraine, as the country fights against a Russian invasion.
The bank said it is continuing to work on another $3bn package of support in the coming months for the country.…
The Archbishop of Canterbury hosted Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto in London on Monday, ahead of a similar meeting next week with opposition figure Raila Odinga.
Details of Justin Welby's meeting with Mr Ruto were not disclosed.
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The head of the World Food Programme, David Beasley, has warned the conflict in Ukraine could send global food prices soaring, with a catastrophic impact on the world's poorest.
Ukraine and Russia are both major exporters of…
A senior Russian military commander has been killed in a battle on the edge of the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, Ukraine's defence ministry says.
Maj-Gen Vitaly Gerasimov, 41st Army chief of staff, died along with other…
Madam Justina Owusu-Banahene, the Bono Regional Minister has stressed the need for Ghanaians to put the national interest ahead of parochial interests to promote rapid social and economic development of the country.
She said it was tim…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday lauded the immeasurable contributions by the historic city of Cape Coast to Ghana’s political development.
He has, therefore, pledged his commitment to providing the city with the needed d…
The Ashanti Regional Organiser of the governing New Patriotic Party, Francis Adomako, has urged his party members in the Fomena Constituency, to air their grievances using proper channels.
“The party has structures. Mak…
The Muslim community will on Sunday, March 13, perform the Adua (funeral rites) of the late Upper East Regional Chief Imam, Sheikh Imam Tahir Saeed Mohammed, a family source confirmed to the Ghanaian Times.
Muslims from across the cou…
Kenya has signed a deal with US biotechnology company, Moderna Inc, to build a vaccine manufacturing facility in the country.
The facility if expected to produce up to 500 million doses of vaccines annually.
The deal has been hailed …
Dozens of Ethiopian journalists, including those who live abroad, have called on the government to respect media rights amid increasing reports of persecution of reporters in the country.
They condemned ''all persecution of fellow journ…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will address British MPs on Tuesday via video link, the Speaker of the House of Commons has announced.
Sir Lindsay Hoyle said he was pleased to grant Mr Zelensky's "historic" request, w…
They came on foot, in an endless stream - trying to outpace the Russian shells laying waste to their hometown. There were families with children in strollers clutching stuffed toys, young mothers with babes in arms, and the elderly mov…
Russia has said it may close its main gas pipeline to Germany if the West goes ahead with a ban on Russian oil.
Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said a "rejection of Russian oil would lead to catastrophic consequences f…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday, March 7, 2022, led a high-powered government and party delegation to the funeral rites of the late former Greater Accra Regional Minister, Ishmael Ashitey.
Ishmael Ashitey, who passed on …
A former Finance Minister, Prof. Kwesi Botchwey wants naysayers to cut successive governments some slack.
According to Prof. Kwesi Botchwey, unlike how some present it, the country has made some significant progress after independence.
…
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Augustus Nana Akwasi Andrews, claims that the party has so far received requests from NPP supporters in 14 constituencies in the region expressing the…
The Electronic Transfer Bill, 2021 (E-Levy) is likely to be considered by Parliament this week, as the House resumes sitting today.
The Deputy Majority Leader, Mr Alexander Afenyo-Markin, announced this when he presented the Business St…
The UN adviser on Libya has invited rival factions to come together to try to resolve the country's constitutional arrangements, as a political process to restore stability has foundered.
Stephanie Williams has sent letters to parliamen…
Amid the fog of war, it can be hard to see the way forward. The news from the battlefield, the diplomatic noises off, the emotion of the grieving and displaced; all of this can be overwhelming. So let us step back for a moment and cons…
Sweden has said it will pull its force out of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali a year earlier than planned, Reuters news agency reports.
The military on Thursday said its 220 soldiers will leave Mali in June 2023, the agency reports.…
The Concerned Youth of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bantama Constituency in the Ashanti Region, has called on the leadership of the party to sanction those behind the violence that erupted during the polling station election.
…
The US has announced fresh sanctions on Russian oligarchs - the latest attempt to squeeze President Vladimir Putin as his invasion of Ukraine continues.
The new penalties will target members of the Russian elite, their fami…
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has sacked Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosário.
He is being replacing by Adriano Afonso Maleiane, who was finance minister and has been key in restructuring the country's hidden debts which were …
Burkina Faso's military junta has appointed Albert Ouedraogo as the new transitional prime minister, a decree from the military leader said on Thursday.
Mr Ouedraogo, a 52 year-old economist, was said to have experience in management of…
The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has expressed concern over the deteriorating security situation in Bawku in the Upper East Region.
He said currently, there were “excessive arms in wrong hands” and urged the government and the secur…
Alhaji Said Sinare, a former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, has appealed to members and supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to put aside strife, acrimony, bickering and focus on hard work to return the party to power in 2024.…
A bombing inside a mosque in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar has killed at least 56 people, medics say.
A hospital spokesman said more than 190 people were wounded in the suspected suicide attack on the Shia mos…
The first batch of Nigerian nationals evacuated from the conflict in Ukraine arrived on Friday morning in the capital, Abuja.
The group consists of 451 students according to the chairman of Nigeria’s parliamentary committee on foreign a…
Since Russia invaded their country, some 17,000 Ukrainian holidaymakers have been stuck in Egypt’s Red Sea resorts, watching in horror.
“Panic, tears, shock!” is how Natalia Miroshnikova sums it up. She was on her first foreign trip – a…
The Senior Pastor of the Revival Assemblies of God Church, Hohoe, Apostle Ernest Narh Abdulai, has stated that the perceived rift between parliamentarians is needless and they must forge ahead in harmony to accelerate socioeconomic develop…
Russia escalated its air campaign against Ukraine on Thursday and Friday, killing dozens of civilians in the northern city of Chernihiv and continuing to lay siege to residential areas elsewhere.
At least 47 people died in C…
Senegal's foreign ministry has said a Facebook post by Ukraine's embassy that called on Senegalese volunteers to enlist in the fight against Russia was illegal.
In a statement, the ministry said recruitment of volunteers, mercenaries an…
Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni met Russian ambassador Vladlen Semivolos on Thursday to discuss "issues of mutual interest".
He gave no further details, but it came a day after Uganda abstained from voting for a UN resolution c…